Mine detail: Columbia Raise

Previously called 'Silver King Coalition GroupUnited Park City Mines'

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Location: Summit County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.61966, -111.53467
dep_id: 10087987
mrds_id: D012020
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Minor mineral: Zinc, Copper, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
other_matl: Pyrite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
alteration: Oxidation
conc_proc: Replacement Of A Pure Limestone Bed
ore_ctrl: Pure Limestone Bed - Jenny Bed
Reporter: Shubat, Michael A.
hrock_unit: Thaynes Formation;Park City Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone,Limestone
arock_unit: Intermediate Dikes
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Uinta-Cottonwood Arch, Sevier Overthrust Belt, Iron Hollow Syncline, Crescent Fissure
tectonic: Basin And Range-Colorado Plateau Transition Zone, Cordilleran Hinge Line
disc_yr: 1875
References:
  • Deposit:: BOUTWELL, J.M., 1912, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 77, 231 PP.
  • Deposit:: ERIKSON, A.J., (EDITOR), 1968, PARK CITY DISTRICT, UTAH: GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF UTAH, NO. 22, UTAH GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
  • Deposit:: BUTLER, B.S., LOUGHLIN, G.F., HEIKES, V.C., AND OTHERS, 1920, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER, NO. 111, 672 PP.
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